the private lounge cli

n the quiet room. The thick walls completely severed t

y lit by a few am

ring out the massive floor-to-ceiling wi

the expensive silk of her rented dress, her knuckle

ss in his hand caught the light. The ice cubes clinked against t

lowly dragged over her dress

afford," Carlisle said, his voice a low, mocking drawl.

the chest. Cierra's defens

, her voice shaking only slightly. "You can buy all the Tom

es darkened t

table with a hard thud. He closed the di

ctively scram

of a long banquet table covered in a

onal space, planting both of his large hands on the

The scent of bergamot and expensive ceda

. His warm breath br

his voice dangerously soft. "You said I would spen

cal dominance of his body pressing her

rying to slide under h

weight forward, his thigh brushing aga

threw her right arm b

r. It tumbled off the edge, the heavy glass striking Carlisle directly against his thigh. The cork popped from the violent impact, spew

went de

rror at the dripping fabric.

d leg. Then, he lifted his head. A terri

ng. She grabbed a linen napkin from the table and im

is fingers clamped around h

. Cierra let out a sharp cry o

octave. "It cost eighty thousand dollars. Tell me, Cierra,

or. Eighty thousand dollars. She

of her cheek unti

ow," she whispered, the humiliation burni

square from his breast pocket and wiped his fi

a new Social Media Marketing Director. You will submit a f

back, cross

r the suit and my wasted time is forg

one-million-dollar penalty fee for damages, and I will have my legal team send a dema

a job interview. It was an execution. She was an influencer who took

e's merciless eyes, she

she wh

s curved into

of my sight an

ble. She practically ran for the door,